I was going to do rain or storms, but then realized that’s been done. So I went with my song but changed it to rockin’! [Smart!] It’s a free for all Monday. Have at it!
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DeadSplinter Up! All Night: Rockin’
Chuck Berry – Reelin’ and Rockin’
Perfect for these pandemic times:
And, of course, “The King”
Hawaiian’s don’t really appreciate rock-a-hula, it is kind of sacrilegious but they do like to Juju Rock and to “shake your pork and beans”
I was going to mention how offensive this must seem to Hawaiians. This is from a movie called “Blue Hawaii.” Released in 1961, it capitalized on Americans’ fascination with our latest state, admitted to the Union just two years previously.
Hawaii was not an unknown quantity, it was pretty much conquered deceitfully in the 19th century. The US built the huge naval base at Pearl Harbor to keep an eye on things in the whole Pacific. We had another one at Subic Bay in the Philippines, maybe it’s still there.
So many Americans passed through Pearl Harbor during WWII that a whole cottage industry sprung up after the war around the (Americanized) idea of the South Pacific, including the hit Broadway musical, later a hit film, called “South Pacific.” There’s a whole, vast category of “tiki” drinks, mostly made up by inventive mainlanders, that reference the region. Restaurant chains, including Trader Vic’s. In the mid-1990s I went to the second Trader Joe’s on the planet, in the SoMA district in San Francisco. I asked my companion, “Why do you think the employees are wearing Hawaiian shirts? I’m just here for the below-cost California stuff. The wine! Edible goat cheese at $1.99 a pound!” “I have no idea, and I’ve never heard of this place and I’ve lived here for 15 years.”
Well said and good summary. My family got to Hawaii because of the military and never left. Since then we have become more Hawaiian in both attitude and blood through marriages. Some of us leave the islands but always return and feel that is our culture first over where we live. This is a good short explanation of the exploitation.
The Collins Kids – Rock Boppin Baby
Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias – Rockin’ Sav’yer
We could Rock Holy
Or maybe a little Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo
Or you could Rock Me All Night
Well, we know that Cleveland Rocks…
and Tenacious D will Rock your Socks off
which means, Rock N Roll is King
…am I breaking the rules here?
Audioslave – Like a Stone
The rules are there are no rules
Alice in Chains – Stone
Breaking all the china in the shack
Ya rocking that soot right off a my back
Since I’m in a Hawaiian ranting mood tonight, here’s Richard Cheese’s appropriation of Hawaiian music with his alter ego Johnny Aloha. At least he used a great Hawaiian musician for the steel guitar Greg Sardinha.
I’m gonna share this here… not quiiiite rock, but I know YOU are definitely one of the folks who knows & likes the Rhymesayers folks…
They’re kicking a bunch of proceeds to do good here in the community, with the homeless encampments, too–and a BUNCH of the music is REALLY inexpensive–and some of it is outright FREE!
https://shop.rhymesayers.com/
I don’t think this band gets enough love
Cheap Trick – Baby Loves To Rock
They were my first concert and I loved the early stuff they did. The reboot, not so much.
I keep losing my comment, when I try to add my links, so I’ll do this in a couple parts/edits…
The ‘Jovis;
The newer one i still love:
The one from high school that was a bunch of fun:
And the one that BLEW my mind, as a tween, because you could practically see the sound jump back & forth, from speaker to speaker….
it actually FLOWED back & forth, like a liquid, and was completely amazing to this 5th-6th grader😉
It’s STILL an awesome song to hear, if you have a good multi-speaker system that you can mix juuuust a bit bass-heavy, and sit in the middle of.
It’s such a cool song to let you feel the sound flow back & forth from place to place in a good sound system–and if you have it up loud enough, *through you, too!*😉😁😄💖;